{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-7/paragraph-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002/schedule-7/paragraph-7A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/26",
  "legislation_title": "Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-northern-ireland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/7A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 8 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (guidance for criminal justice organisations on human rights standards)—\n(a) after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) Before issuing or revising any guidance under this section, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland shall consult the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.”;\n(b) after subsection (5) insert—\n“(5A) Before making an order under subsection (3)(c) or (5), the Attorney General for Northern Ireland shall consult the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 7A inserted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 (c. 4), ss. 8(9), 19(1); S.R. 2010/114, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/26/schedule/7/paragraph/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:23.998184+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}